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Values Examination In Art Curricula Construction From Owatonna To Today, Carol S. Jeffers

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

In developing curricula and educational policy, arts educators must participate with students, parents and other members of the community in dialectic processes of values examination. Failure to do so can often result in the development of curricula and policies which send unintended and unacceptable signals about the purposes and importance of the arts in our society. A critical analysis of the Owatonna Art Education Project (1933- 38), together with a review of current curricula and educational policies indicate a need for the use of these processes, arts educators may be unaware of the signals that they are sending through curricula …